Toca da Boa Vista (BA-082) is the longest known
cave
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
in the
Southern hemisphere.
[.] It is located within the municipality of
Campo Formoso
Campo Formoso is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Campo Formoso covers , and has a population of 71,487 with a population density of 9.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is about 248 miles from Bahia's c ...
, 11 km east of the town of Lage dos Negros, in the State of
Bahia
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,
Brazil
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. it had over 120 km of mapped passages,
which makes it the 13th longest cave in the world.
Continued exploration faces typical temperatures of up to 30 Cº.
Toca da Boa Vista is within 2 km of another significant cave named
Toca da Barriguda, 23 km long, which is Brazil's second longest. It is the largest cave in the world generated by the process of dissolution of
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, mainly through the oxidation of
sulfides.
See also
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List of caves in Brazil
This is the List of caves in Brasil with links displayed alphabetically.
Caves in Brazil
References
Parks
* Parque da Cascata
* Chapada Diamantina National Park
See also
*List of caves
*Speleology
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List of longest caves
This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds . In some of these caves, passageways are still being discovered.
Geographical distribution
Caves are found around the world. The largest ...
References
Sources
* Auler, A.S. & Smart, P.L. 1999. ''Toca da Boa Vista, Bahia state – the longest known cave in the Southern Hemisphere'' in: Schobbenhaus, C.; Campos, D.A.; Queiroz, E.T.; Winge, M.; Berbert-Born, M. (Edit.) ''Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil.''
Online
External links
Base de Dados do Ministerio do Meio AmbienteGoverno Federal – ICMBIO Official Website
Limestone caves
Wild caves
Caves of Bahia
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